Author Topic: Secondary Master? (Read 9681 times)

Paradox1123 · « **on:** February 19, 2011, 02:40:12 PM »

Hey guys, I'm hacing a problem with my computer. Anytime I turn it on, it comes to an "American MEgatrends" screen ad prints this message:

[nitializing USB Controllers .. Done.
4096MB OK
USB Device(s): 2 KEyboards, 2 mice
Auto-Dectecing Sec MAster .. IDE Hard Disk
Auto-Detecting Sec Slave ... ATAPI CDROM
Sec Slave: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 TN02
Ultra DMA Mode-5
Auto-detecting USB Mass Storage Devices..
00 USB mass storage devices found and configured.

SEcondary MAster Hard Disk Error
PRess F1 to resume.

Any help would be appreciate

truenorth · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2011, 02:51:05 PM »

Go to the manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostics tools for your drive and run it. Before doing that you might try seeing if the cable is seated properly and/or trying another cable to the drive. truenorth

Allan · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2011, 02:51:28 PM »

http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/booterrGBER21-c.html

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:00:22 AM »

I tried your advice, Allan, but it didn't work. As for Truenorth, I built my computer, so do you mean the manufacturer or my harddrive or what?

Allan · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:05:08 AM »

Yes, he means the hd mfg. What OS?

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:10:45 AM »

Windows 7. And how do I download the diagnostic tools if my computer won't work? Should I just download it to a USB, and then when it asks me if I want to use a certain drive just use it?

Allan · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:11:36 AM »

You download it on another system, burn it to cd, and boot to it.

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:39:19 AM »

Sorry, but just to be sure, I go to my manufacture for my harddrive, correct? If so, i'm not very sure what the manufacture of my harddrive is. Looking at the harddrive itself, it says "WD Cavier Green", but I'm not sure. I guess I'll need to look at it more, but you want me to get the diagnostic tools for my harddrive, correct?

Thanks for all the help so far

patio · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:41:25 AM »

Western Digital....Data Lifeguard Tools.

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2011, 09:39:02 AM »

Thanks! I went to their website and downloaded what you told me, and I'm going to check if it works. Thanks!!

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 20, 2011, 09:47:40 AM »

actually, I have a question. I got the files onto my USB, but after reading the tutorial, I think it expects my computer to be running and all. How do I make the register tools work if my computer won't go to windows? I changed the BIOS system setup so it goes to usb on first setup, but it says "Boot error". What do I do? Thanks

Computer_Commando · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2011, 01:26:22 PM »

Get this version: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&sid=30&lang=en
Burn image from iso file.
Boot CD in machine to be tested. Make sure boot order is CD before HDD.

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2011, 01:29:41 PM »

Quote from: Computer_Commando on February 20, 2011, 01:26:22 PM

Get this version: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&sid=30&lang=en
Burn image from iso file.
Boot CD in machine to be tested. Make sure boot order is CD before HDD.

This is probably a stupid question, but should I download the .iso or the .zip or both?

Allan · « **Reply #13 on:** February 20, 2011, 01:30:42 PM »

http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm

Computer_Commando · « **Reply #14 on:** February 20, 2011, 01:33:30 PM »

Quote from: Paradox1123 on February 20, 2011, 01:29:41 PM

This is probably a stupid question, but should I download the .iso or the .zip or both?

Quote from: Computer_Commando on February 20, 2011, 01:26:22 PM

Get this version: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&sid=30&lang=en
Burn image from iso file.
Boot CD in machine to be tested. Make sure boot order is CD before HDD.

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:29:45 PM »

Okay, thanks for all the advice so far. I want to try your advice with the iso, but I need an image burner. The one person did give me a website, but the iso burner wasn't free. Can someone please give me one that I can actually trust, because I don't want to go on the internet and look for one randomly and get a virus.

patio · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2011, 07:37:16 AM »

IMGBurn is Free...

alexma · « **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2011, 04:11:51 PM »

Just a word here, I may be wrong but I d/loaded Data Lifeguard to check my HDD, and it did not work. It seems it is not compatible with Win 7 OS. I followed the link just now & this appears to be verified in the list of OSs supported. Hope I've not transgressed any rules.

Allan · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2011, 04:23:05 PM »

Quote from: alexma on February 21, 2011, 04:11:51 PM

Just a word here, I may be wrong but I d/loaded Data Lifeguard to check my HDD, and it did not work. It seems it is not compatible with Win 7 OS. I followed the link just now & this appears to be verified in the list of OSs supported. Hope I've not transgressed any rules.

Not at all, appreciate your input. But the version we are talking about is a bootable version. You burn the .iso file to cd and the system boots to that cd. It is irrelevant what OS you are running because this is essentially a DOS utility that runs outside of the OS.

Computer_Commando · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2011, 04:34:08 PM »

Quote from: alexma on February 21, 2011, 04:11:51 PM

Just a word here, I may be wrong but I d/loaded Data Lifeguard to check my HDD, and it did not work. It seems it is not compatible with Win 7 OS. I followed the link just now & this appears to be verified in the list of OSs supported. Hope I've not transgressed any rules.

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&sid=3&lang=en
Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows, Supported Operating Systems

* Windows 7 32/64-bit versions
* Windows Vista 32/64 bit versions
* Windows XP 32/64-bit versions

Allan · « **Reply #20 on:** February 21, 2011, 04:36:11 PM »

Well, at least the version I was speaking about is the DOS version

Computer_Commando · « **Reply #21 on:** February 21, 2011, 04:38:02 PM »

Quote from: Allan on February 21, 2011, 04:36:11 PM

Well, at least the version I was speaking about is the DOS version

As was the version I posted to the OP.

Allan · « **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2011, 04:41:44 PM »

Okay, thought so.

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2011, 05:08:27 PM »

Thank you guys again for being so helpful! So, I burned the diagnostic tools to a CD and booted it. It took a few minutes, but it said to report the following message:

Command Error
Error/Status Code: 0132

Any idea what that means? Also, after that it tells me to press any key, and when I do, it gives me a message that says

Cannot load the file A:\Command.com
Insert Correct disk and Strike any key

Any ideas? I didn't know what the message meant, so I thought it was something missing on the disk, so I got a new one a burned all the .iso back onto it, but got the same messages again.

patio · « **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2011, 05:12:41 PM »

http://support.wdc.com/techinfo/general/errorcodes.asp

Don't see that 1 listed...

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2011, 05:30:54 PM »

Quote from: patio on February 21, 2011, 05:12:41 PM

http://support.wdc.com/techinfo/general/errorcodes.asp

Don't see that 1 listed...

Nice website

I found it though

132 Command Error Command Aborted. Please ensure that you are using the version of diagnostic utility corresponding to either newer or older Western Digital drives.

I guess the diagnostic tools I was using were out of date somehow. Anyone have an updated one?

Computer_Commando · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2011, 05:36:17 PM »

You said IDE (PATA) WD Caviar Green, I only see Blue.
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=502&sid=30&lang=en

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2011, 06:49:14 PM »

Did I say IDE? I have SATA I believe, and that's where I find it:

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608&lang=en

By the way, what should I download? Looking ait the downloads it says it doesn't support Windows 7? What should I do?

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 23, 2011, 06:19:25 PM »

I'm sorry to bump my thread, but I really need help and my computer hasn't worked at all since I made this topic. What software will work for the windows 7?

Computer_Commando · « **Reply #29 on:** February 24, 2011, 08:25:29 PM »

The ISO version creates a bootable CD which is independent of the installed OS. The ZIP version contains the same iso file as the ISO download. The latest diagnostic tools should work on any older drive, so don't know what the problem is.

Paradox1123 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 26, 2011, 06:55:58 AM »

I understand that, but then why do they have this under the download?

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Vista
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows ME
Windows 98SE
Windows 98

Computer_Commando · « **Reply #31 on:** February 26, 2011, 03:03:19 PM »

Quote from: Paradox1123 on February 26, 2011, 06:55:58 AM

I understand that, but then why do they have this under the download?

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Vista
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows ME
Windows 98SE
Windows 98

I don't know, ask WD. But they probably won't know either.

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